Thread: Monster Grubs - Identify?

I just turned out a bag of potting soil to find about ten of these guys wiggling around.





They're eating machines as they have turned that bag of media into grub poo.

Anyone have any idea what they are? Would hate to throw them out if they will morph into some interesting insect.

Rhino beetles.

Uglyfuckas what ever they are

Wow! I would like to keep them alive. You reckon just leave them be in that soil?

They are too ugly. I didn't even want to pick them up with my hands least one chomp down on my finger in the feeding frenzy. Eating and pooping machines, these things are.

They're quite popular as pets.

Rhino Beetle Care Sheet

These beetles' larval stages can be several years long. The larvae feed on rotten wood and the adults feed on nectar, plant sap and fruit. First, the larvae hatch from eggs and later develop into pupae before they reach adult status. The females lay 50 eggs on average. Contrary to what their size may imply, adult rhinoceros beetles do not eat large amounts, unlike their larvae, which eat a significant amount of rotting wood.

From Wiki

eat one, theyre pretty tasty,

I should imagine

They love eating mango tree's.

Fast forward to 53 seconds, jeez

The rhino beetle care sheet says if supplemented with dog food they will grow even bigger.

Thanks for that Necron.

Oh, my. Years.

I will not be eating them!

^ They're a bush delicacy when grilled. I bet Terry and Necron have shared a few in the outback in the back of Terry's camper van

I get them in my compost boxes every now and then. I feed to the catfish.

Here are some Bardi Grubs

Originally Posted by Dillinger

eat one, theyre pretty tasty,

I should imagine

Don't. I don't know what possesed my to fry some up years ago, but they stunk the house up so badly I sure as hell wouldn't ever have considered eating them

^ You can't see that you tube vid, can you

Originally Posted by palexxxx

Here are some Bardi Grubs

Every thing is big in Australia, you seen the size of our rats jumping around in the outback.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

eat one, theyre pretty tasty,

I should imagine

They are.....if prepared correctly.
Great source of protein.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

^ You can't see that you tube vid, can you

That guy's an idiot.

We do not eat larvae of Rhino beetle.

We eat larvar of another beetle,the Red palm weevil, Red-stripes palm weevil, Asian palm weevil or Sago palm weevil.
The scientific name is Rhynchophorus ferrugineus.






Normally this beetle grows in coconut like palm tree called Metroxylon sagu.




We grow this beetle and gets good income.

^ Interesting farm, you've got there. Where is it?

Farming Sago palm weevil is popular in the South because there are Sago palm for feeding.
I grow mushroom in Saraburi. I plan to feed this larvae with spent musroom substrate.

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